Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 00:04:17 -0500 From: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: Roman Shterenzon <roman@harmonic.co.il>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MFC? src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and sound support Message-ID: <3A516151.541764AB@cvzoom.net> References: <200012282317.PAA04405@spammie.svbug.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101011208290.21348-100000@shark.harmonic.co.il> <20010101133411.B51028@peorth.iteration.net>
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"Michael C . Wu" wrote: > "Fully functional" for a desktop implies a working sound card too. > This is one of of those things that does not really matter very much. > A good server admin will recompile and customize his kernel. > And a desktop user probably does not know how to compile a kernel. > Are you telling me that, in your consultancy, you just keep GENERIC? > > There is no need for this bikeshed. Whether pcm is included in GEERIC > or not does not really hurt anybody either way. FreeBSD is most often used as a server, not a desktop. Why exactly is sound needed for a first install? If nothing else, PCM could be loaded via a kernel module. Optional stuff usually should not be statically linked into the kernel, but should be placed in KLD's. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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